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CSOs Demand VAT Cancellation as a Poverty Reduction Strategy

Dhaka, 17 January 2024: Twelve civil society organizations led by Equity and Justice Working Group (EquityBD) demonstrated a rally in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka today in solidarity with the global civil society network Fight Inequality...

“Experts from Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Bangladesh Highlight Inequities and Proposed Collaborative Solutions at Virtual Dialogue 2023”: Gender equality is must to...

Virtual Platform, 18 December 2023: TheSmall-Scale Fisheries sector plays an important role in the economy of countries like Bangladesh, India and Thailand. Despite the active participation of women in various activities including fish harvesting, processing and marketing processes, they...

COAST, HAI and CWSA event at the Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week-2023 in Bangkok, Thailand: Civil society urge for more facilitating role of pooled funds...

Local actors are the key to serve immediately the community and people affected by crisis. But the uneven competition among the local actors, international NGOs and UN agencies accessing the Country-Based Pooled Fund (CBPF) in the aid system often...

The Rohingya crisis, the ultimate solution lies in Myanmar: Humanitarian networks urged on joint advocacy and regional actions during the Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week...

Bangkok and Dhaka, 12th December 2023. Yesterday, a session jointly organized by COAST Foundation, Coxs Bazar CSO NGO Forum (CCNF),NGO Platform Cox's Bazar (NGOP) and Rohingya Human Rights Network in a session during the Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week (RHPW) 2023,...

A4EP event at the Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week-2023 in Bangkok, Thailand: Global Humanitarian Actors call for empowerment of front-line workers in aid system

Bangkok, 12 December, 2023. Frontline workers are the key to serve immediately the community and people affected by crisis. But the aid system often does not recognise the value and contribution of front-line workers engaged in aid system. Considering...

CSOs Urge Developed Countries to Phase Out Fossil Fuels for 1.5-Degree Goal: Developed Nations Urged to Boost UNFCCC’s Adaptation Funds for MVCs

Dubai, UAE, December 09, 2023 - During the ongoing Cop 28 Global Climate Conference in Dubai, leaders of Civil Society from Most Vulnerable Countries (MVCs) convened a press conference, have shown their deep dissatisfaction on poor progress of MVC...

Civil society urged to work unitedly in establishing human rights to prevent human crisis

Cox's Bazar, 10 December 2023: Representatives of civil society called on everyone, including civil society, to work together in establishing human rights to prevent the global humanitarian crisis. Leaders of the civil society presented their speeches at the seminar...

Civil Societies of MVCs Demand NDC Targets for 1.5 Degree Goal: Meet cumulative overdue of 100 billion financing.

Dubai, UAE, December 04, 2023 - During the ongoing Cop 28 Global Climate Conference in Dubai, leaders of Civil Society from Most Vulnerable Countries (MVCs) convened a press conference, highlighting the critical need for tangible National Determined Contribution (NDC)...

Civil Societies Urge Govt. Position to 1.5-Degree Goal and Stand-Alone L&D Fund in CoP 28

Dhaka, 11 November, 2023.  Civil society organizations (CSOs) demanded a strong govt position for a realistic NDC from the big emitters achieving 1.5-degree temperature goal in upcoming CoP 28 global climate conference.  They also advised government to...

CHS revision workshop in Bangladesh: Humanitarian actors call for strengthening rights of people and accountability in aid

Dhaka, 25 September, 2023. The Core Humanitarian Quality and Accountability Standard (CHS) is a standard developed by and for the humanitarian sector to improve the quality and accountability of aid. Since its launch in December 2014, the CHS has been used...

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Climate-hit women farmers demand recognition and govt support

Today, COAST Foundation has organized a workshop with the collaboration and support of AVAS, BINDU and The Street Child...